The rappers Fivio Foreign, Maino, B–Lovee and others met New York Mayor Eric Adams yesterday to discuss violent content of drill music after the mayor called for ban certain clips of the genre on social media.
“Having a real dialogue and really starting to make things happen”
On Tuesday, February 15, Maino shared a video on his Instagram page and revealed that he spoke with Mayor Adams about drill music and the violence associated with it.. “We talked a lot about drill rap, drill music in New York,of the link between violence and this culture”said Maino.“And I just wanted to create a conversation with the mayor…so he can have a real perspective and a real understanding of what drill rap is and so we can have a real dialogue andreally start to shake things up.__”
Mayor Adams added that he–even and Maino were going “put something together” around their discussion, but did not elaborate on what it might be.
Maino’s conversation with Mayor Adams about drill music comes as New York City has had to deal with the recent murders of rappers linked to the drill music scene.
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According to the New York Post, Adams admitted he didn’t know what drill rap was until his son, Jordan Coleman, who works at the Roc–Nation de Jay–Z, show him some videos. This prompted Adams to announce that he was going to speak to social media executives from YouTube, Instagram and Facebook to urge them to ban drill rap videos on their platforms.“We will bring social media companies together and sit down with them to declare that you have a civic and corporate responsibility”Adams told reporters last week. “We are alarmed by the use of social media to really overproliferate this violence in our communities”a–t–he pursued. “This contributes to the violence we see across the country. It’s one of the rivers we have to stem.“
The meeting of this Tuesday, February 15 will at least have had the merit of establishing an exchange between two parties who needed to discuss and gain height on each other’s point of view..
